CXnovel Chapter 1505 765: Under the Calamity Winds
Chapter 1505 765: Under the Calamity Winds
In the long and lengthy meeting, everyone's expressions became uglier as the discussion continued.
There was back-and-forth bickering and evasion, and no one wanted to invest or be the first to take a bullet—it was at a standstill for the time being.
"What now, do you think you can still strike first to gain the upper hand?" Galisto sneered, "If you ask me, it's useless, Ji has already gained momentum, Luo Island is hard to shake, can't you all even understand the basic situation? Do you really want chaos to become irreparable?"
"If chaos becomes irreparable, the biggest loser definitely won't be us."
Seeing that the time was about right, the Old Woman from Ma City spoke decisively with a gloomy expression: "If it really comes to mutual destruction, do you all think we'll just sit still and wait to be slaughtered?
If it turns to ruin, we lose, and Ji will just sit among the ruins of the Seven Cities scavenging scraps! Each family's and each city's centuries of operation, can it really be given cheaply to an outsider?"
"Oh?"
Galisto was amused: "Is the old lady planning to take the lead and attack Luo Island?"
"Why fight?"
The Old Woman looked over expressionlessly, laughing coldly: "Since Luo City and Xiang State don't like playing games with everyone, let them play by themselves!"
Once these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.
Astonishment.
"Shut up!"
Throughout it all, Fernan, who hadn't spoken a word, couldn't help but slam the table, his face turning ashen, "Do you know what you're saying?"
"At this point, does Mr. Fernan have any other solutions?"
The Old Woman asked indifferently, "Since initially, the Three Cities could become the Seven Cities, now the Seven Cities can become Five Cities! The Seven Cities belong to everyone, the rules are everyone's rules.
Since Luo Island and Xiang State don't want to abide, why keep such an internal threat?"
"..."
In the sudden silence, everyone looked at each other, and their eyes couldn't help but brighten.
Brilliant!
Isn't this a solution as well? If it can't be solved, can't be dealt with, then why not just cut them off and be done with it?
We're done playing with you, go play by yourself!
Expel them from the Seven Cities!
The appeal of Divine Cutting lies in this.
Divide the family!
If covert means don't work, then do it openly—eliminate the ambiguous regions Ji Jue kept stirring, directly divide factions and distances, and completely cut off Ji Jue's reach to the other Five Cities.
Anyhow, now all the shipping agreements and transport within the Seven Cities are contracted and signed under the name of the Seven Cities Alliance, including various businesses and exchanges. Without the Alliance's recognition, Luo Island won't even get a sip of the soup.
Without a position in the Alliance, how will you erode and hold the Seven Cities' authority? Do you dare to start a war right next to the Federation?
Covert operations are infeasible; if it really comes down to pulling at open regulations mutually, after all these years, does anyone fear you?
Change the battlefield and paths, turn the Seven Cities' internal affairs into external matters, whatever grand plans Ji has, let him play them on Luo Island!
By then, all parties will band together and simultaneously isolate and sever connections with Luo Island, even Ji Jue will find it difficult to proceed—without Alliance agreements, you can't even use the shipping lanes, and won't have the right to fish in the Seven Cities' resource areas.
"I suppose it's not impossible."
Unexpectedly, the first to respond was Galisto, who opposed the idea fiercest earlier.
The worst outcome originally was just Ji Jue becoming the master of the Seven Cities Alliance, leaving no opportunity for himself. But now, with the champion prospect expelled from the competition, doesn't that give Old Deng a chance to win the gold?
Can't be the ruler of the Seven Cities Alliance, the Five Cities Alliance?
Also, not unacceptable either!
"Absolutely not!"
Fernan erupted in anger, glaring at each enthusiastic individual.
The others, however, weren't surprised: he spent a lifetime patching things between the Seven Cities, finally getting something presentable, and now it's supposed to split under his watch, his life's work washed away... how could he accept that?
But what if he can't accept it?
"Old Mr. Fernan, it's not like you're publicly serving as the chairman of the Seven Cities Council while secretly fawning for Ji, is it? In my view, he doesn't seem to fancy that either..."
With a sneer, the Yamen Governor voiced his disdain, "Who knows, maybe the first to be optimized away then will be you, old thing."
"Then just follow the rules, won't it be fine?"
The Old Woman from Ma City smiled slightly: "Let's vote, isn't that what Mr. Fernan advocated? Seven Cities is a democratic nation, everything follows voting results, wouldn't that be settled?"
"Indeed, indeed." Old Deng from Xi Island nodded repeatedly.
"Me too."
The beastly smile of Yamen Governor, Galisto, grew broader.
Ma City, Yamen, Dan City, Xi Island… even though Pu City, represented by Fernan, opposed, four out of seven votes were already secured.
Even though voting hadn't started, expelling Luo Island from the Seven Cities was already a foregone conclusion!
"Damn it, mess it up, mess it up, mess it up!"
Fernan threw his pen on the table, his eyes red: "Stir the whole Seven Cities into unrest, until life and death, until irreconcilable! In the end, damn it, let's all go down together!"
Clearly, these few noises couldn't shake the fervor within everyone's hearts.
Indeed, preparations were very fittingly underway...
"Then, let's start voting."
With Galisto's proposal to raise a hand, responses flowed seamlessly.
Everyone gathered around the round table, joyfully exploring the future plan for insects, tacitly ignoring Fernan's expression, just about to speak...
In front, darkness!
Deathly silence.
The sudden silence arrived, beneath the flickering lights, everyone looked at each other, stunned.
The light flickered for an instant, followed by another flicker.
In the silence, no one spoke, faintly hearing the rumbling from afar, transmitted through the substance of the earth, a grand resonance.
Loud noise!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
No idea how far away, the vast echo transmitted through the ocean reached here, still discernible by human ears.
Most importantly...
Lighthouse!
Right at Pu City's center, the originally silent lighthouse suddenly burst into light, the dim glow pierced the night, instantly enveloping the entire Seven Cities area, dispersing countless roaming Sea Locusts and herds.
Simultaneously, it illuminated the vague shadow over the distant sea.
Like a colossal pillar spanning sea and sky!
One pillar after another descended gracefully from the heavens, falling onto the turbulent sea, yet as if into solid ground, sustaining a massive body hidden amidst the clouds.
In the unstoppable storm, with continuous thunder and lightning, every flash of lightning faintly illuminated the massive outline but made it difficult to discern its true form.
It's like the storm grew slender limbs, leisurely strolling across the sea, slowly approaching from afar, occasionally a long tendril drooped from the clouds, snaring a massive Disaster Beast from the ocean, pulling it upward into the clouds, swiftly amidst the sharp sound of shattering mixed with thunder, blood and broken bones spilled onto the world like torrential rain.
Big.
Too big...
A body akin to an island, shrouded in dark clouds and thunder, slowly moving forward.
The lighthouse glow over Seven Cities, compared to its grand scale, is just a flicker. Yet, this tiny shimmer seems to attract its attention for a moment, the massive body seemingly paused for an instant.
The storm's direction turned, looking toward Seven Cities not far away.
And in the nearly suffocating silence of everyone, its distant gaze withdrew, looked forward, the storm continued onward.
Passing by.
From afar, within the turbulent, raging Endless Sea, angry roars seemed to resound.
In the deep sea, suddenly opened, numerous arms stretched, extending toward the heavens, merged into the dark clouds, entangled upon the massive outline within the thunderous clouds.
Under the storm, the sea seemed to boil.
Thunder roared, rain poured down.
Everything was obscured.
Only amidst fierce tremors, roars echoed through sea and sky, giant waves continuously surged, spreading in all directions. The brutal storm persisted throughout the night, and only before dawn did the torrential rain and thunder slightly abate, tendrils dropped from the clouds, devouring every Disaster Beast within the ocean, then embarked anew, slowly toward the depths of Endless Sea...
Leaving only a sea stained pitch-black by thick Mo, countless leftover Disaster Beast bones. Even after a whole night of anxious terror and hesitation, the onlookers remained in lingering shock.
This was the closest Seven Cities ever came to Destruction.
A whole night!
The next morning, the sun had risen, yet the sky remained darkened, amidst the turbulent, roiling waves, a pungent sea smell pervaded.
Between the gray-black sea and sky, the lighthouse's dim light continued to flicker.
Looking utterly desolate.
The announcement from the Federation arrived late.
A day ago, the long-missing Destruction-level Disaster Beast: Cannibalistic Giant Crab Charybdis appeared in the north of Endless Sea, suspected defeated in a struggle, carrying unknown wounds.
On November 27th, as it attempted to approach Federation Territory, it was repelled by the Leviathan Fleet, now moving from north to south... Wangqian Island should take heed, timely avoid risk, and such.
Everyone receiving the news turned pale.
Like they've eaten shit.
You're only saying it now? What were you doing earlier!
Their journey was already over, ate, drank, and left!
If it really took interest in Seven Cities, everyone would be cold corpses...
Charybdis was named by the first observers, the Imperial people, meaning a tornado in the sea.
It's said, when it feeds, it's like a tornado soaring from the sea, everything drawn in is totally consumed.
Every disaster season, it becomes active, roaming with ocean currents, devours everything, then again disappears.
The only good news is: it's quite picky, humans as small things are not nutritious, even gathered in numbers, it wouldn't bother opening its mouth.
But who knows what happens if it becomes ravenous?
The entire Seven Cities narrowly escaped its jaws, anyone would be scared!
Even while passing Seven Cities, battling that unknown massive Disaster Beast, it was in an injured state, yet still consumed countless huge beasts.
Even now, the huge carcasses of the marine Disaster Beast still float amidst the waves, the surrounding area remains uncontrolled by Gravity.
The disaster wind blows, growing ever intense.
Numerous Disaster Beasts surged amidst the waves, frantically battling, mutually devouring, the true rampage period finally unfolded...
The beasts' revelry has begun!